Italian family lucky to be alive.

[Jodell88]

Dramatic pictures have been released showing the destruction wrought by a huge boulder that smashed through a farm in Northern Italy after being dislodged by a landslide.
The massive rock narrowly missed a farm house, destroyed a barn, and stopped in a vineyard at the property in Ronchi di Termeno.
A second giant boulder detached during the landslide stopped behind the house.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25975251

 

[KlokWyze]

Sexy Beast (2000)

 

[OCGuy]

"Officials later revealed that the 'boulder' was actually an experiment at the Culinary Institute of Tuscany gone awry."

 

[purbeast0]

holy shit those are huge.

 

[Dirigible]

Sexy Beast (2000)

I DON'T SEE A FUCKING POOL IN THESE PICS!!!!!!!!!!



Sorry. It's almost lunch and I'm hungry. Good movie reference.

 

[Drako]

Damned Hill Giants are at it again.

 

[Drako]

You might think that maybe that old boulder may have been a warning that the hill might not be that stable?

 

[Newell Steamer]

,... that's'a one spicy meatball!!

 

[smackababy]

I actually thought this was going to be a thread about Amanda Knox and her BF stayed with them for a few days. =(

 

[IronWing]

So, how did it feel?

 

[Carson Dyle]

Here's a video with aerial views:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZtxHlProWo

What's interesting is how they've already piled dirt up around the base of the nearby electrical tower to help divert any rocks. A rock slide hitting that tower would likely take out power to the whole valley.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I just looked it up on a map. This is about 40 miles from where my grandparents came from in northern Italy.

 

[Fritzo]

Police released a shot from surveillance camera footage of the suspect:

 

[mrrman]

looks like a bowling alley

 

[fjmeat]

wow. some big rocks

 

[BoomerD]

tsk-tsk...

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2366467

 

[HardcoreRobot]

You might think that maybe that old boulder may have been a warning that the hill might not be that stable?

lol it almost rolled just as far too. old one must have had a bit more inertia

 

[rsutoratosu]

GBOD

 

[IronWing]

Hipsters

 

[SandEagle]

Hipsters

apparently. always wanting to rock and get stoned.

 

[EliteRetard]

I see all the comments on how huge the rocks are...
They're smaller than the house.

Obvious ATOT response should be:
That rich bastard deserves to get his house smashed in!

 

[EliteRetard]

Me I say set off some controlled explosions.

 

[IronWing]

apparently. always wanting to rock and get stoned.

Nah, they had perfectly good wine yet opted for Rolling Rock instead.

 

[IronWing]

I see all the comments on how huge the rocks are...
They're smaller than the house.

Obvious ATOT response should be:
That rich bastard deserves to get his house smashed in!

I thought of that but the story didn't say how many people were crammed in there with the sheep and milk cow. Also, this is Italy, not likely to have indoor plumbing or even internet.

 

[EliteRetard]

I thought of that but the story didn't say how many people were crammed in there with the sheep and milk cow. Also, this is Italy, not likely to have indoor plumbing or even internet.

Well you thought it, I wrote it...so we're all good :awe: